{"id":1810,"date":"2011-10-03T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2011-10-02T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T23:44:42","slug":"who-is-your-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/10\/who-is-your-master.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Your Master?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1811\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/Dalai-Lama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1811\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/Dalai-Lama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love, Truth &amp; Kindness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">You cannot serve two masters.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Do you choose love or fear, giving or taking, kindness or selfishness and greed?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">The clock is ticking&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Every moment you have a choice.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">And the more you choose good over evil, positive over negative, life over death, you empower yourself and our planet.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u00a0 Our world needs love, hope, inspiration, encouragement, giving, health and kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">The past choices you have made have created your life and results to this point.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">What will you choose now?\u00a0 The light of awareness can make all the difference.<br \/>\nYou can have your divine plan.\u00a0 You can make any change you truly desire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Our nation and world is in its current state of crises because of many people&#8217;s choices up to now.<br \/>\nGreed and power have been allowed to run free for too long.\u00a0 It is time for us to choose proper principles and to demand that our companies, politicians <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #000080\">government follow these same principles that founded America.<br \/>\nMost importantly, each of us must follow these principles first, before we ask it of others.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">People, like you can make the difference by making a new choice, a healthy and healing choice.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">One that is good for all concerned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">I was watching a great movie, &#8220;<em>Pay It Forward.<\/em>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080\">&#8220;It\u00a0 is hard for people who are so used to things being bad or being a certain way.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080\">They don&#8217;t think that things can change or that they can change.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">It is amazing what you can do when you try &#8230;&#8230;and keep trying.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">The trying becomes doing and the doing becomes a new pattern of growth and success&#8230;.and makes a difference.<br \/>\nYou have to go towards the light, towards the good, towards the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">We can use the help of angels&#8230;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s time to forgive yourself.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s time to forgive others who have hurt you.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s time to let go of the negative, the bad and the limited beliefs and patterns and behaviors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s time to make a new choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">blessings,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1815\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/human-heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1815\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/human-heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Human Heart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You cannot serve two masters. 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